Saint Louis University Graduate Education
Revised 8/10
General Petition
INSTRUCTIONS: If you are a degree-seeking student and you desire to initiate a formal petition 1) to advance from
Probationary to Classified status, 2) to seek admission into a doctoral program after recently undertaking Master’s degree study,
3) to change your present academic program (e.g., the degree sought, the major field, add or delete a formal minor of parallel
certificate), 4) to seek advanced standing in your degree-program, 5) to transfer graduate credit from another university, or 6) to
request an extension of your assigned time to-degree period, use the petition-form prepared for the specific request. If you have
another request, use this form to initiate it.
In the space provided below, summarize your request. Please attach to this form a letter to your major field and to your
Dean/Director (and any pertinent, supporting documentation), detailing the request and providing the rationale for approval from
your standpoint. Your petition with attachment(s), if any, must be transmitted first to your academic advisor, then routed to your
major-field chairperson, and finally sent to your Dean/Director/Designee. You
, the student, are responsible for this routing.
I petition________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Date:__________________________ Signature:________________________________________________________________
Please print:__________________________________________________________ _______________________
(Last Name) (First Name) (Middle Initial) (Banner ID)
Local Address:_________________________________________________________________________________
(Street, Apt) (City) (State) (Zip Code)
E-mail Address:______________________________________ Local Phone No.____________________________
I recommend approval denial Signed:______________________________ Date:__________
of this petition.
(Advisor)
I recommend approval denial Signed:______________________________ Date:__________
of this petition.
(Chairperson/Director)
Remarks and/or Special Conditions of the Major Field:_________________________________________
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Petition is approved denied on
:_____________________________________________
Remarks/Conditions:____________________________________________________________________________
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Signed:__________________________________________________________________ Dean/Director/Designee
Copies sent to Student Advisor Major-Field Chairperson AVP Graduate Education on___________
(Date)
